Historical MarkerCommerce Schools
Commerce · Hunt County · Dedicated 1986 · THC Atlas #5231007783
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Marker Inscription
By 1883, the scholastic population of Commerce had outgrown the public school which opened ten years earlier. Land at this site, purchased by the Commerce Educational Assoc., was chosen for a new schoolhouse. The first building here, a two-story frame structure, became Commerce High School. Destroyed by fire in 1898, it was replaced by a larger brick building that served as Commerce High and later as Central Ward School. A third building, completed in 1937, was renamed in 1950 to honor A. L. Day, who served as superintendent of Commerce Schools, 1900-1935. Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986
About this site
Commerce Schools is a historical marker in Commerce, Hunt County, dedicated in 1986. It is one of 70 historical markers documented in Hunt County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 92 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 33.2476, -95.8980 near Commerce. The nearest cataloged historic site is Commerce Post Office (historical marker), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Jernigin's Store, First Christian Church of Commerce, and First Baptist Church of Commerce.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5231007783. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
